Radiator hanger means



Dec. 15, 1931. J. BRoGDr-:N

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Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED gsi'rA'rlss PATENT oer-Ice JoAH BROGDENQF MELROSE PABX, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNon 'ro DAVID LuP'roNs SONS ooMPANY, oF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION oF PENNSYL- VANIA y Y f RADIATOR HANGER MEANS Application mea November 1e, 192s. serialNo. 319,7ss.

This invention relates to means for supporting wall radiators in suspension andl more particularly to installation of radiators under the sills of windows. p

' In the main, this invention is directed t0- ward affording suspension support 'for radiators of the specific typereferred to entirely independent of the window'framesso as to preclude distortion and imposition of strains 10 on the latter. My invention is, accordingly,

especially advantageous with window struc' tures embodying frames of sheet metal where distortion or strain is likely tointerfere with ,the free operation of the sashes, andI have .13 accordingly hereinafter shown and Vdescribed said invention i-nconnection with such use.

Other objects and attendant advantages will be manifest from the detailed description which follows when considered with the accompanying drawings. f

Fg. I is a fragmentary elevation of the inside of a window structure embodying the radiator hangerl means of my invention.

Fig. vII is a staggered fragmentary plan section, taken vas indicated by the arrows II IIin Fig. I. i i f Fig. III is a'vertical section, taken as indicated by the arrows III-III in Fig. I.

AFig. IV is a detail section, taken as indicated'by the arrows IV-IV in Fig. I.

Fi s.- V and VI are perspective views of certain of the parts of my improved radiator hanger means. i

The window herein depicted comprises a trarney 10 constructed throughout from sheet metal Awith hollow side jambs 11, that afford vertical grooves V12 for guidance of sliding sashes/not shown, anda hollow bottom or .sill portion 13'.` As shown, lthe frame 10 is set into an opening 14 provided'for it in the masonry building wall 15, andsealed in place withcementitious bonding material conventionally indicated at 16, inHFigs. II and `I-II.v

. ,The frame 10 may be of'any standard or ap` 5 'proved construction,V and, per se, does not form a part' of this invention.

Coming Vnowto the radiator hanger'means featured herein, it will be observed th at the .sam'e comprises a metallic suspension bar 20, which, inthe present inst-ance, is ofT' cross section. As shown in Fig. V, the upper leg of the vertical or head flange 21 of the bar 2O is cut away as at 22, and the lower leg at 2.3, with formation of end tongues 24, as continuations of the medial web 25.

To support the suspension bar 20 at the ends, I provide right and left hand anchorages 26, 26a, one such beingillustrated in perspective in Fig. VI. Each of these anchorages 26, 26a has a portion 27 cut from metallic channel-bar stock affording a longi- A Abe constituted by turning down corner pro-V jections of the wing portion 29 beyond the region of juncture with the grooved portion 27, see Fig. VI. The anchorages26, 26a are placed in the positions illustrated at opposite sides ofthe bottom of the window opening 14 incidental to erectiony of the wall 15, with the gage lugs 30, 31 respectively abuttin the sides of the opening and the inner face o said wall. As determined by the gage lugs 30, 31, the portions 27 of the anchorages 26, 26a take transverse-positions along the sides of theV window opening 14 with their longitudinal grooves or recesses 28 in opposedrelation. As building of the wall proceeds, the anchor.- ages 26, 26a are embeddedl in the masonry with only the grooves or recesses 28 eXp0s`ed.

Upon completion of the wall. 15 and setting of the window-frame 10 into the opening 14, the suspension bar 20 is brought upand its tongue ends 24 engaged in the grooves 28 of the anchorages 26, 26a.

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-To'facilitate alignment `with `assurance of 1 true parallelism of the suspension bar 20 with respect to the plaster line L (Fig. II and III) predetermined upon, I provideangular spacing pieces such as shown at 32, see Figs. I' and IV.;kr These spacing pieces 32may be of sheet fmetaland welded or otherwise attached to secured in any convenient manner, for examsv ple, by forcing wedges 33 into the recesses 28 of the anchorages 26, 26a over the ends 24 of the said bar, see Figs. l and III.

In order to conceal the suspension bai-2O I supplement the window frame 10 with a stool 35 of sheet metal which, as shown in Fig. III, is detachably secured by means of screws 36 to an angle piece 37 permanently fastened to the rear of the sill 13. It is to be particularly noted that while the stool 35 overhangs the Vtop and the front of the suspension bar 20, said stool is entirely free of contact with either the latter or with the hook brackets 38 by which the radiator 39 is hung. ,These hook brackets 38 may be of any approved construction; butlfor the sake of lightness l. prefer toA fabricate them from stout sheet metal with an angle bend to lend the necessary rigidity. As shown `in Fig.l IH, the tops of the hook brackets 38l are retroverted at l() to engage over the'upst-anding portion of the head ila-nge 21 of the bar 20. It is-moreover to be observed, from Figs. II and III, that the suspension bar 20 is accessible through the open ends of the stool member 35 so that the hook brackets 38 can be introduced or lwithdrawn at any time by way of said cut-outs 22 adjacent the ends of the suspension bar.

I have thus provided a window radiator hanger means which receives its support from the masonry of the building wall so that no strains whatever are induced in the metallic window frame.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. Window radiator supportingv means comprising a wall of masonry, a horizontal suspension bar with associ-atedv endy Wedge members anchored in the masonry at opposite sides of the window-opening, whereby said bar is supported andanchored independently of the window frame.

2. lVindow radiator `supporting means comprising a wall of masonry, a horizontal suspension bar, and associated supporting members embedded in the masonry at opposite sides of the window opening, and thusy supporting the bar independentlykof the window frame.

3. Window radiator supporting means comprising a wall of masonry, socketl members'emoeddedV in the masonry at opposite sides of the window opening, and a'horizoni tal suspension lbar having its ends engaged Vsuspension bar.

. dow frame to overreach and conceal said suspension bar. A

5. Window radiator hanger means comprisinga wall of masonry, a horizontal T-section suspension member anchored independently of the window frame to said masonry along the bottom of the -wall opening for said frame, said member having terminal cut-outs in the upper leg of its head flange to enable application of the radiator hanger means, in combination with a stool member detachably secured to the sill of the window frame reaching forwardly and downwardly to conceal said suspension bar.V

6. Window radiatorhanger means comprising a wall of masonry, a horizontal suspension bar of metal, and anchorage mem-y bers also of metal to support the bar independently of the window frame, sai-d members being embedded in the masonry at opposite sides of the Wall openin' for the window frame at the sill level and affording opposing transverse recesses to take the ends of the 7. Window radiator hanger means comprising a Wall of masonry, a horizontal suspension bar of metal, and anchorage members also of metal to support the bar independently of the window frame, said members being embedded in the masonry at opp'osite sides of thel wall opening for the window frame at the sill level affording opposing transverse recesses to take the ends of the suspension bar with provision for in-and-out adjustment into coincidence with a; predetermined plaster line for the inner face of the Wall, and means to secure the suspension bar in adj usted position.

8. Window radiator hanger .means comprising a wall of masonry, a horizontal suspension bar of metal, and anchorage members also of metal to support the bar independentlyv of the window frame, said members affording transverse opposing grooves along opposite sides of the bottom of the wall opening of the window to take the ends of the suspension bar and having flanking horizontal wing-like portions embedded in the masonry adjacent said Window opening.

9. Vindow radiator hanger means comprisinga wall of masonry, a horizontal T- section suspension bar of metal, and anchorage members also of metal to support the bar independently of the window frame, said members-affording transverse opposing recesses along opposite sides of the bottom of les the wall opening of the Window to take the web ends of the suspension bar and having flankin horizontal-wings as well as corner 1u apted to be embedded in masonry adjacent said window opening.

10. Window radiator hanger means comprising a wall of masonry, a horizontal susnsion bar of metal; and anchorage memrs also of metal to support the bar indegndently of the Window frame, said memrs affording transverse opposing recesses along opposite sides of the bottom of the wall opening for the window to take the ends of the suspension bar, and having a dia onall flanking horizontal wings embedde in t e masonry adjacent the window opening as well as gaging lugs to predetermine, by contact with the vertical surfaces of the masonry, proper allocation of said anchorage members incidental to placement initially.

In testimonyV whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Philadelphia, Pennsyl- Vania, this 12th day of November, 1928.

JOAH BROGDEN. 

